Kelsey (surname) explained
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Kelsey |
Meaning: | "Cēol's island or dry ground in a marsh" |
Language: | English |
Language origin: | Old English |
Variant Forms: | Kelce Kelsay Kelsie |
Footnotes: | [1] [2] |
Kelsey is an English surname. In modern times Kelsey has also become a given name for boys and girls in English-speaking countries. It may come from an Old English place name in Lincolnshire, from a word meaning "island of the ships" in Irish and Scots, or even a Norwegian one meaning "a dweller on the island, by the water".
Kelsey may refer to:
Actors
Athletes
Politicians and public servants
Other
- Andrew Kelsey (1819-1849), California pioneer
- Benjamin Kelsey (1813–1889), California pioneer, husband of Nancy Kelsey.
- Benjamin S. Kelsey (1906–1981), American Air Force test pilot and aeronautical engineer
- Carl Kelsey (1870–1953), American sociologist
- Frances Oldham Kelsey (1914–2015), naturalized American pharmacologist
- Henry Kelsey (c. 1667–1724), English fur trader, explorer, helped found Hudson's Bay Company
- Hugh Kelsey (1926–1995), Scottish bridge player and writer
- John Kelsey (cryptanalyst), cryptographer currently working at NIST
- Nancy Kelsey, California pioneer, "the Betsy Ross of California" for sewing the Bear Flag
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Wells, John C.. 2008. Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. 3. Harlow. Perason Education Limited. 439. 978-1-4058-8118-0.
- Book: Mills, Anthony David. Kelsey. 2003. A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 3. Oxford. Oxford University Press. 28 February 2024. 0-19-852758-6.